The downturn of the U.S. economy in the wake of security threats and war, has affected the source of research dollars and, consequently, the way research is performed at UA.

Three of the top six private companies that sponsored research at the university in 2002 are members of the defense industry, according to a report by UA's research department.

Lockheed-Martin, the number-one provider of research dollars gave $8,976,007 to the university last year. That was a $8,446,737 increase from 2000, when Lockheed-Martin ranked 13th among private companies providing research money to the university, according to the report. [Read article]

For nearly 20 years, participants in UA's Berger Entrepreneurship Program in the Eller College of Business and Public Administration have regarded it as a leader among entrepreneur programs in the country.

Now they are not the only ones who think so.

Entrepreneur Magazine's April issue ranked the Berger program in its first tier, as one of the top-12 academic programs in the nation for entrepreneurs. [Read article]

As the debate over the role of race in college admissions' processes heated up at the Supreme Court yesterday, about 20 activists rallied in support of affirmative action in front of the Administration building on the UA campus.

Members of the Black Political Forum, along with members of the Young Socialists Club and a handful of other students, formed a circle around the loudspeaker and called for administrators to take more steps to increase diversity on campus. [Read article]

New Tucson resident waits for her physics-loving boyfriend, worries about summertime

WILDCAT: Where's your boyfriend?

COOK: He's getting out of physics.

WILDCAT: How do you like him going to physics?

COOK: I think it gives him a lot of work.

WILDCAT: Well, do you think this one is prime, might he be the right catch?

COOK: Yeah.

WILDCAT: Right on. Let's get down to the real meat of the issue here; we're talking about the heat. It's hotter than heck out here right now. [Read article]

· The average person goes to the bathroom six times per day.

· The nine of hearts is the playing card that symbolizes love.

· The Library of Congress, built in 1897, contains 327 miles of bookshelves.

· The Leaning Tower of Pisa has 296 steps.

· The first issue of Playboy cost 50 cents.

· Boston had the first subway in the U.S. [Read article]

Who is John Button Salmon? If you have no idea, take a guess ·

"I have no clue. It sounds like Sidney E. Salmon, who helped like found the Cancer Center at the U of A. He has a whole wing named after him."

Ove Mard
accounting and international business senior

"He invented the glow-in-the-dark toilet seat." [Read article]

Yesterday's article, "Donor Hillenbrand dies," was written by Shelley Shelton, a staff writer, not Tessa Hill.